Recht & Psychiatrie

Recht & Psychiatrie

Recht & Psychiatrie promotes the understanding between the different professions in law, jurisdiction, and psychiatry. A platform for discussion and information for medical and legal experts as well as for politicians, Recht & Psychiatrie is committed to make use of the opportunities of the applicable law and to advance its further development.

Topics of Recht & Psychiatrie:

• Custodianship law

• Involuntary commitment and compulsory medication

• Forensic psychiatry

• Social law

• Code of practice for expert opinions

• Rights of care home residents

The Service Section in every issue of Recht & Psychiatrie contains:

• a comprehensive outline of current case-law, providing a problem-oriented overview of latest judgements.

• Book reviews

Recht & Psychiatrie is regularly indexed in:

Scopus, EM-Care, Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition, Juris, Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, KJB, PsycInfo, Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch)©, Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)©, Social Scisearch©

Impact factor 2021: 0.54